But the Trump administration is cutting more than $100 million in federal research funding to the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. It is the vital lifeline to research into the cause and treatment of cancer,

The National Institutes of Health’s indirect funding cap could halt studies and limit researchers’ ability to find cures for diseases, Dr. Elena Fuentes-Afflick of the Association of American Medical Colleges says.

Here’s a look at what the Trump administration’s decision to cut overhead funding for biomedical research means for universities across the country.

Hours later, the Massachusetts Attorney General issued a temporary restraining order preventing the NIH from immediately cutting billions in the grants it issues to scientists and

Laboratories would literally go dark,” says a medical research insider, if Trump administration cuts to NIH funding go through. Patients will suffer from lost medical advances, he tells Scientific Ame

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday, Feb. 10 joined a coalition with 21 other attorneys general in suing the Trump administration, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Institutes of Health “for attempting to illegally slash grant funding to universities and research institutions across the country.